I had the same issue and was able to overcome it by adding this section to my package.json, which configures commitlint to use config-conventional.
"commitlint": {
"extends": [
"@commitlint/config-conventional"
]
},
Also ensure that you installed both dev dependencies.
"@commitlint/cli": "18.0.0",
"@commitlint/config-conventional": "18.0.0",
You can find this also in the commitlint projects package.json. ;- )
https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/blob/master/package.json
GitHub
github.com › conventional-changelog › commitlint › tree › master › @commitlint › config-conventional
commitlint/@commitlint/config-conventional at master · conventional-changelog/commitlint
Shareable commitlint config enforcing conventional commits.
Author conventional-changelog
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commitlint/config-conventional
March 15, 2026 - Shareable commitlint config enforcing conventional commits. Latest version: 20.5.0, last published: a month ago. Start using @commitlint/config-conventional in your project by running `npm i @commitlint/config-conventional`. There are 1374 other projects in the npm registry using ...
» npm install @commitlint/config-conventional
Published Mar 15, 2026
Version 20.5.0
Issue with CommitLint: "Please add rules to your `commitlint.config.js`" error despite having rules in my configuration file
I am implementing a commit linting hook for a team project. I successfully installed Husky and moved on to configuring my CommitLint. Wanting to use the basic conventional commits convention, I installed the following packages. More on stackoverflow.com
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March 26, 2024Commit message linting within Magit?
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Commitlint
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Configuration | commitlint
When you extend @commitlint/config-conventional, the conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits preset is applied, which follows the Conventional Commits specification.
Commitlint
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Getting started | commitlint
deno add -D npm:@commitlint/cli npm:@commitlint/config-conventional · Configure commitlint to use conventional config · Linux / macOSWindows · sh · echo "export default { extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'] };" > commitlint.config.js · sh · # Here we use the node command to avoid encoding issue on Windows.
Conventional Commits
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Conventional Commits
types other than fix: and feat: are allowed, for example @commitlint/config-conventional (based on the Angular convention) recommends build:, chore:, ci:, docs:, style:, refactor:, perf:, test:, and others.
GitHub
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GitHub - conventional-changelog/commitlint: 📓 Lint commit messages
Node v24 changes the way that modules are loaded, and this includes the commitlint config file. If your project does not contain a package.json, commitlint may fail to load the config, resulting in a Please add rules to your commitlint.config.js error message.
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commitlint/config-conventional
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I had the same issue and was able to overcome it by adding this section to my package.json, which configures commitlint to use config-conventional.
"commitlint": {
"extends": [
"@commitlint/config-conventional"
]
},
Also ensure that you installed both dev dependencies.
"@commitlint/cli": "18.0.0",
"@commitlint/config-conventional": "18.0.0",
You can find this also in the commitlint projects package.json. ;- )
https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/blob/master/package.json
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This is my dependency package
"devDependencies": {
"@commitlint/cli": "^19.7.1",
"@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.7.1",
"@types/node": "18.18.13",
"commitizen": "^4.3.1",
"cz-conventional-changelog": "^3.3.0",
"husky": "^9.1.7"
}
You can try changing the file name of commitilint.config. js to commitilint.config. cjs
// commitlint.config.cjs
module.exports = {
extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']
}
Please also note that the file encoding is utf-8
DEV Community
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Git Better with Commitlint and Conventional Commits - DEV Community
May 26, 2023 - Run the command npm install --save-dev @commitlint/config-conventional @commitlint/cli in your terminal .
Tericcabrel
blog.tericcabrel.com › apply-conventional-commit-style-on-your-project-with-commitlint
Apply conventional commit style on your project with commitlint
February 24, 2026 - Create a file conventionalCommit.json who will contain the configuration of our types and scopes. Note that if you don't provide this file. The default configuration will be used.
jsDocs.io
jsdocs.io › package › @commitlint › config-conventional
commitlint/config-conventional@19.8.1
September 25, 2025 - Documentation for npm package @commitlint/config-conventional@20.4.3 - jsDocs.io
GitHub
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commitlint/@commitlint/config-conventional/src/index.ts at master · conventional-changelog/commitlint
"Changes to our CI configuration files and scripts (example scopes: Travis, Circle, BrowserStack, SauceLabs)",
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freeCodeCamp
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How to Write Good Commit Messages with Commitlint
November 12, 2021 - npm install @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional --save-dev # OR yarn add -D @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional
CodeSandbox
codesandbox.io › examples › package › @commitlint › config-conventional
commitlint/config-conventional examples
Use this online @commitlint/config-conventional playground to view and fork @commitlint/config-conventional example apps and templates on CodeSandbox.
Commitlint
commitlint.js.org
commitlint
By supporting npm-installed configurations it makes sharing of commit conventions easy. ... Get high commit message quality and short feedback cycles by linting commit messages right when they are authored. ... To get the most out of commitlint you'll want to automate it in your project lifecycle.
Medium
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How to write conventional commits? | by Sravanthi | Medium
April 14, 2023 - npm install @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional --save-dev OR yarn add -D @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional
Commitlint
commitlint.js.org › guides › ci-setup.html
Guide: CI Setup | commitlint
name: CI on: [push, pull_request] permissions: contents: read jobs: commitlint: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 with: fetch-depth: 0 - name: Setup node uses: actions/setup-node@v4 with: node-version: lts/* cache: npm - name: Install commitlint run: npm install -D @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional - name: Print versions run: | git --version node --version npm --version npx commitlint --version - name: Validate current commit (last commit) with commitlint if: github.event_name == 'push' run: npx commitlint --last --verbose - name: Validate PR commits with commitlint if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' run: npx commitlint --from ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} --to ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} --verbose
npm
npmjs.com › package › @open-turo › commitlint-config-conventional
@open-turo/commitlint-config-conventional - npm
March 27, 2023 - This is an extension of the rules within @commitlint/config-conventional for the purposes of overriding certain values as deemed necessary.
» npm install @open-turo/commitlint-config-conventional
Published Mar 27, 2023
Version 1.1.0
Author Turo Engineering
Generalist Programmer
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Commitlint config-conventional Guide: Shareable commitlint config enforcing co [2025]
November 16, 2025 - @commitlint/config-conventional is a Shareable commitlint config enforcing conventional commits.
MHX Consulting
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Blog - Conventional commits with Commitizen and Commitlint | MHX
March 1, 2022 - Install the following dependencies to enable conventional commits. npm i -D commitizen @commitlint/config-conventional @commitlint/cz-commitlint